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BIO/353,275. Patented Nov. 23,1886.

FIG I- '10 of the same.

IJ'N ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. WAGANDT, OF BALTIMORE, MD, ASSIGNOR TO eEoEeE v. KEEN, JAMESS. HAGERTY, AND J MES E. HAeEErY, ALL OF SAME rLAcE.

MACHINE FOR SOLDE'RING THE H ANDLES TO TIN CUPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,275, dated November23, 1886.

Application filed August- 26, 1886. Serial No. 211,890. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. WAGANDT, of the city of Baltimore andState of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in 5 Machines forSoldering the Handles of Tin Cups, of which the following isaspecification.

In the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure I is a partly-sectionalside view of the improved machine, and Fig. II a top or plan view Figs.III, IV, and V are details of the machine. Fig. VI is a sectional sideview of a tin cup before the handle thereof is soldered in place, andshowing the drop of solder before the same is melted.

In the said drawings, A is a table adapted to be revolved around acentral shaft, a,which projects from a stand, B. The central shaft isheld stationary in the stand B by means of a set-screw, b. (See Fig. I.)

O is the driving-shaft, supported by and adapted to be revolved in theboss on the side of the stand B and the bracket D, which is bolted tothe bench E, to which the standis also secured. The shaft G-is providedwith a 25 driving-pulley, F. (Shown-onlyin Fig.1.) The under side of thetable A is fitted with a series of teeth, (I d, and the driving-shaft Owith a single arm, G, which in the revolution of the said shaft engageswith the teeth (Z (Z, and 0 turns the table a limited distance at eachrevolution. In the present case the distance traveled by the table ateach revolution of the shaft 0 is equal to one-sixth of one revolution;but this distance is in all cases regulated to 5 suit the number of thetin-cup holders employed. H H are the said tin-cup holders,

and they consist of curved plates 6 6, having slotted projections f,which rest on the upper surface of the table, and are held thereon by 0means of the screws g,-whichpass through theslotsin theprojections. (SeeFigs. Iand II.)

A spring-stop, I, serves to hold the table after each circular movement,and it consists of a stem, h, with a head, 41, adapted to fit the pointsof the teeth (1. This stem slides in .a

supporting-stand, j, and a spring, 70, is united to the screws land m,which project, respect ively, from the face of the stand and the lowerend of the stem 71. (See, particularly, Fig.III.)

This springserves to keep the stem h in a yieldingly extended position.

Parts of the invention not yet alluded to will be described and theiruses specified in the description of the operation of the machine whichfollows.

Supposing that the driving'shaft is in revolution, the table A receivingits intermittent rotation or rotative movement through the medium of thearm G and the teeth d on the under side of the table, the attendantprovides each holder H, as it passes before him, with a tin cup, J,which is in an unfinished condition, in that the lower end of the handlemerely extends to the inside of the body, but is not soldered. Asectionof the tin cup while 65 in this condition is shown in Fig. VII. Thehandle of the tin cup rests in a slot, 0, in the holder H, (see Figs. Vand VI,) in order that the parts to be soldered together may projectbelow the holder (see Fig. I) and admit of the action of thesoldering-flames issuing from the burners K, which may be of anysuitable design. The burners shown consist of the gaspipes 11 and theair-blast pipes q, the latter being arranged to force air through theformer, and thereby project flames to the tin cups at the point wherethe same are to be soldered. In the drawings two burners are shown, andthey are arranged to project flames on the cups while the same are intwo positions. -If desired, one of the burners can have the gas shutoff, in which case the air-current tends to cool the newly-solderedjoints. An arm, L, projecting from the central shaft, (0, comes incontact with the soldered tin cups 85 as the same pass a certain point,and throws them out of the holders, and permits them to fall to areceptacle placed underneath for their reception.

M is a tray to hold pieces of solder, connected to the central shaft, a,by means of a rod, 1.

I claim as my invention 1. In a machine for soldering the handles of tincups to their bodies, a rotary table having peripheral tin-cup holdersprovided with slots for the reception of the cup-handles, and means,substantially as described, to effect an intermittent rotation of thesaid table, comwith the said teeth, substantially as and for bined withburners to project flames to the said the purpose specified. cups,substantially as specifieil 2. In combination with the rotative tableCHARLES GANDT' 5 A, having the cup-holders H, with the slots 0Witnesses:

and the teeth d on its under surface, the driv- JNo. T. MADDOX,

ing-shaft O, carrying the arm G, which engages V DANL. FISHER.

